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On the 1880 census in Lehman, Luzerne, PA Martha and Almond Church are living with Josiah and Mary Ruggles with their children Emery 3, and Arthur 1. Also on that page is Jabez Church age 58, Mary A. 56, Elizabeth 27, Rufus 23, Harriet 17 and Benjamine Wesley 7/12. Everyone is listed as being born in PA.
On the 1850 census Jabez Church and Mary Ann are living in
Kingston, Luzerne PA with Lucinda 4, and Andrew Jackson 14. They are living next door to William Church 58, Eunice 29 and Austin 11.
There is also a William Church on the 1830 and 1840 census of Luzerne County PA.
It appears that William could be the son of Gideon Church:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/luzerne/history/local/bradsby-12b.txt
The Church Family came from Kent, Litchfield county. "An abstract of the second
independent company raised in the town of Westmoreland, commanded by Capt.
Samuel Ransom," dated October 7, 1777, contains the names of Nathaniel Church,
John Church and Gideon Church. The farm on the Kingston flats, opposite Mill
Creek, was owned by, and the residence of Gideon, and the property belongs to
his son, William Church. The reader familiar with old Indian wars will remember
the gallant and successful Capt. Church, who was scarcely less distinguished
than Mason, the hero of the Pequot conquest. There is no reason to doubt that
the families were of the same original stock that in a very early day emigrated
from England.
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